Main

 
The Heroic Age: Arthurian Studies

  Arthurian Studies  


Translations of Medieval Works: (Primary Sources)

Chretien de Troyes Arthurian Romances  D.D.R. Owen Translator. Penguin, 1991

Coe, Jon and Simon Young The Celtic Sources for the Arthurian Legend. Llanerch, 1995

Ford, Patrick. The Mabinogi, and Other Medieval Welsh Tales. University of California, 1983

Geoffrey of Monmouth The History of the Kings of Britain  Translated by Lewis Thorpe. Penguin, 1981.

Goodrich, Peter Editor The Romance of Merlin: An Anthology  Garland Publishing, 1990

Koch, John with John Carey The Celtic Heroic Age: Literary Sources for Ancient Celtic Europe and Early Ireland and Wales  3rd edition. Celtic Studies Publications, 2000 New!

  • Anthology of Ancient and Medieval sources including The Book of Invasions,  Patrician Sources, Irish Dynastic Poetry, The Historia Brittonum, Y Gododdin,  and a selection of Welsh poetry including early Arthurian poems.
  • Reviewed in Issue 1.

The Mabinogion  Translated by G. Jones and T. Jones. (1993) Everyman Publishers. 

  • Includes the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, Culhwch and Olwen, Lludd and Llefelys, The Dream of Macsen Wledig, The Dream of Rhonabwy, The Lady at the Fountain, Peredur Son of Efrawg, and Gereint Son of Erbin.

Pennar, Meirion and J. Negus Peredur: An Arthurian Romance from the Mabinogion  Llanerch Publishers, 1991

Tolkien, J. R.R. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo  Ballentine Books, 1988

Williams, Hugh, Translator Two Lives of Gildas  Llanerch Publishers, 1990

 

Secondary Sources:

Ashe, Geoffrey The Discovery of King Arthur Henry Holt Publisher, 1987 (Paperback)

Ashe, Geoffrey (editor) The Quest for Arthur's Britain Academy Chicago Publishers, 1994 (reprint)

Ashe, Goeffrey Kings and Queens of Early Britain Academy Chicago Publishers, 1998 reprint

Barber, C. and Pykitt, D. Journey to Avalon: The Final Discovery of King Arthur Samuel Weiser Publisher, 1997

Barron. W.R.J. Ed. The Arthur of the English  University of Wales Press, April 2001 New in paperback!

Bruce, Christopher Arthurian Name Dictionary  Garland, 1998

Rodney Castleden, King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend. London: Routledge, 2000. New!

Doel, Fran & Geoff, and Lloyd, Terry Worlds of Arthur: King Arthur in History, Legend and Culture. Tempus Publishing, 1998.

Field, P.J.C. The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Malory D.S. Brewer, 1999. New Edition.

Field, P.J.C.  Malory: Texts and Sources  Boydell and Brewer, 1998

Karr, Phyllis Ann. The Arthurian Companion, 1997.(An enclyopedia of Arthurian figures, locations, and related topics.)

Lacy, Norris EditorThe New Arthurian Encylopedia  Garland, 1996 (Paperback)

Littleton, C. Scott and Malcor, LindaFrom Scythia to Camelot: A Radical Reassessment of the Legends of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, and the Holy Grail  Garland Publishing, 2000 (paperback)

Reno, Frank The Historic King Arthur: Authenticating the Celtic Hero of the Post Roman Past  MacFarland and Co. Publishers, 1996

Reno, Frank D. Historic Figures of the Arthurian Era: Authenticating the Enemies and Allies of Britain's Post-Roman King. MacFarland, 2000.

Snyder, Christopher A. The World of King Arthur. Thames and Hudson, 2000. New! (US edition)

Snyder, Christopher A. Exploring the World of King Arthur. Thames and Hudson, 2000. New! (UK edition)

Warren, Michelle History on the Edge: Excaliber and the Borders of Britain 1100-1300, University of Minn. Press, 2000 New!

 

Modern Arthurian Fiction

 


Return to Bookstore Index

The Heroic Age Homepage